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No Lack of Courage
Bernd Horn
其他書名
Operation Medusa, Afghanistan
出版Dundurn, 2010-10-04
主題History / Military / Afghan War (2001-)History / Military / GeneralHistory / Military / CanadaHistory / Asia / Central Asia
ISBN15548876669781554887668
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Z2NrAGG5_loC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋No Lack of Courage is the story of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's first battle. It is a revealing account of Operation Medusa, the largely Canadian action from 1 to 17 September 2006, to dislodge a heavily entrenched Taliban force in the Pashmul district of Afghanistan's Kandahar Province. At stake, according to senior Afghan politicians and NATO military commanders, was nothing less than the very existence of the reconstituted state of Afghanistan, as well as the NATO alliance itself. In a bitterly fought conflict that lasted more than two weeks, Canadian, Afghan, and Coalition troops defeated the dug-in enemy forces and chased them from the Pashmul area.

In the end, the brunt of the fighting fell on the Canadians, and the operation that saved Afghanistan exacted a great cost. However, the battle also demonstrated that Canada had shed its peacekeeping mythology and was once more ready to commit troops deliberately to combat. Moreover, it revealed yet again that Canadian soldiers have no lack of courage.